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I’m probably in the minority here buuuut… Toxic X Engagement tactic: post a defensibly well-meaning but provocative question. Then when people answer in good faith, reply with extremely specific questions which attack the responder’s lack of nuance (which the medium does not allow). Why it’s toxic: it shifts the burden of proof from the person asking leading questions to the responders. It’s also exhausting and cuts down any meaningful conversation from good-faith respondents (the people who continue to engage are usually emotionally charged). This tactic works very well on X, and I see it being used here a bunch too. I don’t like it, though.
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Reminds me of an IRL “art installation” which asked you to vote on “do you support capitalism” and when I voted yes a 20-something art student engaged in “genuinely curious discussion” about why my opinion was wrong. My response: I grew up in a shithole ex-communist country so I know capitalism is better Her response: oh but have you considered other forms of non-capitalist societies? Me: like what exactly? Her: I’m not here to provide any meaningful engagement, I only ask open-ended questions until you admit that I’m right and you’re wrong Then when the argument got heated she decided that she felt “unsafe” and asked the event organiser to ask me to leave. 100 $degen
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lol oh that sounds maddening. When I meet those people who aren’t curious, I kind of just ignore them. It’s hard sometimes, but the alternative is to be enraged and that’s not good for anyone.
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